Saturday News: “Donald Trump Can’t Change;” Voting Impact of Move on Ex-Felons No More Than 0.5%?

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, April 23. Also see President Obama’s weekly address, on “his continued efforts to build a fairer and more equitable criminal justice system.”

Andy Protogyrou says he would be Norfolk’s advocate (“As a lawyer for 29 years, Andy Protogyrou has been an advocate for his clients. He says he’s brought the same skills of preparation and persuasion – along with an independent streak – to the City Council. And now he wants to be Norfolk’s mayor.”)

I’m not sure how I feel about Virginia creating a “resiliency fund” to address problems caused by rising sea levels, but without any funding. On the one hand, the problem is at least being acknowledged and doing this is better than doing nothing. On the other hand, as the article points out, FEMA has run out of money for a program that has similar goals. Where’s the funding going to come from for Virginias resiliency fund?